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Rudy Rucker

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Rudy Rucker Rudy Rucker, Fall 2004, photo by Georgia Rucker Born Rudolf von Bitter Rucker ( 1946-03-22 ) March 22, 1946 (age 72) Louisville, Kentucky Nationality American Alma mater St. Xavier High School, Swarthmore College, Rutgers University Occupation Author Known for Ware Tetralogy Spouse(s) Sylvia Rucker ( m.  1967) Relatives G. W. F. Hegel Website Rudy Rucker Rudolf von Bitter Rucker ( / ˈ r ʌ k ər / ; born March 22, 1946) is an American mathematician, [1] computer scientist, science fiction author, [2] and one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. The author of both fiction and non-fiction, he is best known for the novels in the Ware Tetralogy, the first two of which ( Software and Wetware ) both won Philip K. Dick Awards. Until its closure in 2014 he edited the science fiction webzine Flurb . Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Bibliography 4.1 Novels 4.2 Short fictio...

Lagueruela

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An Lagueruela amo an usa ka bungto ha Provincia de Teruel, Aragón, Espanya. igliwat Mga Bungto han Provincia de Teruel Ababuj  · Abejuela  · Aguatón  · Aguaviva  · Aguilar del Alfambra  · Alacón  · Alba  · Albalate del Arzobispo  · Albarracín  · Albentosa  · Alcaine  · Alcalá de la Selva  · Alcañiz  · Alcorisa  · Alfambra  · Aliaga  · Allepuz  · Alloza  · Allueva  · Almohaja  · Alobras  · Alpeñés  · Anadón  · Andorra  · Arcos de las Salinas  · Arens de Lledó  · Argente  · Ariño  · Azaila  · Bádenas  · Báguena  · Bañón  · Barrachina  · Bea  · Beceite  · Bello  · Belmonte de San José  · Berge  · Bezas  · Blancas  · Blesa  · Bordón  · Bronchales  · Bueña  · Burbáguena  · Cabra de Mora  · Calaceite  · Calamocha  · Calanda  · Calomarde  · Camañas  · Camarena de la Sierra  · Camarillas  · Caminreal  · Cantavieja  · Cascante del Río  · Castejón de Tornos  · Cas...

Book series

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A book series is a sequence of books having certain characteristics in common that are formally identified together as a group. Book series can be organized in different ways, such as written by the same author, or marketed as a group by their publisher. Contents 1 Publishers' series 2 Fiction books 3 Academic and scholarly publications 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links Publishers' series Reprint series of public domain fiction (and sometimes nonfiction) books appeared as early as the 18th century, with the series The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill (founded by British publisher John Bell in 1777). [1] Later British reprint series were to include the Routledge's Railway Library (George Routledge, 1848–99), the Oxford World's Classics (Oxford University Press, 1901- ), the Everyman's Library (J. M. Dent, 1906- ), the Penguin Classics (Penguin Books, 1945- ) and the Pengu...

La Puebla de Valverde

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An La Puebla de Valverde amo an usa ka bungto ha Provincia de Teruel, Aragón, Espanya. igliwat Mga Bungto han Provincia de Teruel Ababuj  · Abejuela  · Aguatón  · Aguaviva  · Aguilar del Alfambra  · Alacón  · Alba  · Albalate del Arzobispo  · Albarracín  · Albentosa  · Alcaine  · Alcalá de la Selva  · Alcañiz  · Alcorisa  · Alfambra  · Aliaga  · Allepuz  · Alloza  · Allueva  · Almohaja  · Alobras  · Alpeñés  · Anadón  · Andorra  · Arcos de las Salinas  · Arens de Lledó  · Argente  · Ariño  · Azaila  · Bádenas  · Báguena  · Bañón  · Barrachina  · Bea  · Beceite  · Bello  · Belmonte de San José  · Berge  · Bezas  · Blancas  · Blesa  · Bordón  · Bronchales  · Bueña  · Burbáguena  · Cabra de Mora  · Calaceite  · Calamocha  · Calanda  · Calomarde  · Camañas  · Camarena de la Sierra  · Camarillas  · Caminreal  · Cantavieja  · Cascante del Río  · Castejón de Torn...

Hizb ut-Tahrir

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Hizb ut-Tahrir حزب التحرير Leader Ata Abu Rashta Founder Taqiuddin al-Nabhani Founded 1953 ; 66 years ago  ( 1953 ) Membership 10,000 [1] –1 million [2] Ideology Pan-Islamism Islamism Salafism Political position Far-right "Hizb ut-Tahrir Constitution" [3] [ third-party source needed ] (self-declared) (Contractualism) Religion Sunni Islam Website hizb-ut-tahrir.org .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} Part of a series on: Islamism Fundamentals Islam History Culture Economics Politics Secularism Ideology Islamism Qutbism Salafism Shia Islamism Islamic fundamentalism Concepts Caliphate Islamic democracy Islamic socialism Islamic state Islamic monarchy Islamic republic Islamization (of knowledge) Jihad Pan-Islamism Post-Islamism Sharia Shura Slavery Two-nation theory Ummah Influences Anti-imperialism Anti-Zionism Islamic Golden Age Islamic rev...